Volkswagen seems to be unstoppable. I had half on eye on the Polo WRC's progress from the start of its development, but never expected it to be able to win at only its second rally. And what a race Sweden was! With his eighth victory, Sébastien Ogier joins multiple world champion Sébastien Loeb as only the second… »2/11/13 9:00am 2/11/13 9:00am

In Kurosawa’s brilliant Seven Samurai, a village is saved from invaders by a septet of protectors. In case you need saving from this past weekend’s epic Nor’easter, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 8-tired Suzuki Samurai goes Kurosawa one better, but would its price take too much of your savings? »2/11/13 8:00am 2/11/13 8:00am

The site seems different today because it is different. Not only have we entirely redesigned the way this site looks, we've changed the way it operates. Yesterday, you were a reader and a commenter. Today you can be a writer, an arbiter, an editor, and a publisher. You'll still read, but now you can also contribute. »2/11/13 5:03am 2/11/13 5:03am

A woman out in Sierra Foothills, California recently dealt with the death of her husband. And while that's an unspeakably tragic event, she's using it as an opportunity to do something she's probably dreamed about for years: unload all of his Alfa Romeo project cars and parts. »2/10/13 2:30pm 2/10/13 2:30pm

We all know General Motors needs to do something about the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, and it's vowed there's some kind of fix to make the midsize sedan remotely competitive among increasingly talented rivals. So while a hurry-up-and-fix-things refresh (in the style of the 2013 Honda Civic) is underway, the marketing… »2/10/13 2:00pm 2/10/13 2:00pm

I know they're not to everyone's tastes, but I'm starting to like this trend towards these digital instrument panels being installed in everything from a Chevy Spark to basically the whole fleet of Jaguar and Land Rover products. Some of these are well done and are able to showcase a lot of information now that… »2/10/13 12:00pm 2/10/13 12:00pm

Musician, admitted domestic abuser and all-around awesome human being Chris Brown was involved in more vehicular mayhem this weekend, making headlines after he apparently crashed and totaled his Porsche while running from paparazzi. »2/10/13 11:15am 2/10/13 11:15am